Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 537
Li Jingwenyan's eyes lit up: "That's right, it seems that I only asked De Bauer to pay the ransom, which is really short-sighted. Compared with asking for money from the Dutch, how can it be more beneficial to use their talents to develop our shipbuilding industry? Let Er Leng re-screen the captives, and all those who know how to build and repair ships must stay. Well, not only the Dutch, but also the Spaniards and Portuguese."

"Master Liu has to issue a decree to recruit young workers. In the end, we have to rely on ourselves to develop the shipbuilding industry. We have to train our own shipbuilding talents." Zhang Tongchang continued.

"That's right! In the end, I have to rely on myself." Li Jing said.

Pointing to the dock in the distance, Li Jing said with emotion: "We still have to spend a lot of money to recruit those experienced boatmen. Our shipbuilding technology of Ming Dynasty still has many advantages, and we cannot copy the shipbuilding technology of barbarian people completely. , we need to learn from each other's strengths, so that our shipbuilding technology can surpass that of the barbarians."

"Your Excellency said so." Zhang Tong said with his head open.

Sighing lightly, Li Jing said: "Actually, the reason why our Ming Dynasty's shipbuilding technology has gradually lagged behind that of the barbarians is that the ban on the sea is only part of the reason. The most important thing is that our shipbuilding skills are passed on by word of mouth. When I entered the shipyard, I had to rely on the old workers to teach me, so that if something happened, many technologies would be lost.

We have to change this way of teaching and arrange for people to record those shipbuilding technologies. I think we should set up a special shipbuilding department to coordinate and manage shipbuilding affairs. The department also needs to set up a shipbuilding school to systematically train shipbuilding talents. "

"My lord sees it very well," Zhang Tong said openly.

Looking at the shipyard in the distance, Li Jing continued: "There are two government-run shipyards in Nantai, one is Hekou Shipyard and the other is Sanwei Shipyard. From my point of view, Hekou Shipyard is responsible for supervising the construction of warships, and Sanwei Shipyard is responsible for supervising warships. To build merchant ships, the military and civilians are separated, which is more conducive to the development of shipbuilding technology."

Speaking of which, Li Jing frowned suddenly: "This matter has to be carefully considered. If the military and civilians are separated, the shipyards that oversee the construction of warships will not be under the jurisdiction of the local government, but will be under the control of the Metropolitan Government and the Ministry of the Navy. Someone like Zheng Zhilong will come out."

"What department is the Ministry of the Navy? Haven't you heard the adults say it before?" Zhang Tongchang asked doubtfully.

Li Jing smiled and said: "I plan to reorganize the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion. I just came up with such an idea, but it hasn't been finalized yet. Can you help me with the details and see if it's feasible?"

"How dare students play tricks in front of adults?" Zhang Tongchang said hastily.

Li Jing smiled and waved his hands: "One person counts the short, and two people count the long. You and Wen Qing are now my right and left hands. You can't just help me draft documents for me. There are some things that I can't think of, or I don't think well. Help me Move your mind."

Zhang Tongchang and Wen Qing's eyes immediately lit up when they heard the words. Although Li Jing had often praised them before, it was the first time he said such important words.With this sentence, it is no problem for the two of them to make a smooth career in the future.

Since Zhang Tongchang returned to Li Jing's side, he and Wen Qing have divided the work. Zhang Tongchang is the outsider, and Wen Qing is the inside. From the perspective of personality and ability, this division of labor just brings out the strengths of the two.Zhang Tongchang is a little older, coupled with his family background, handling foreign affairs is his strong point.And Wen Qing is delicate in mind, usually taciturn, and handles internal affairs just right.

After several months of running-in, the two people cooperated more and more tacitly. In many cases, Li Jing only needed a look or a movement, and the two could understand Li Jing's meaning. When Jing does something, he will feel overwhelmed.

But Zhang Tongchang and Wen Qing didn't feel that their position was stable, especially when Li Jing summoned Fang Yizhi before leaving Beijing, they felt a sense of crisis.

What is the purpose of Li Jing summoning Fang Yizhi? The two of them knew very well that Li Jing was planning to recruit staff, and they knew that Li Jing did not intend to recruit Fang Yizhi alone.In other words, the two will have more and more competitors in the future.

It was because of this sense of crisis that Zhang Tongchang and Wen Qing began to have more private contacts.On Zhang Tongchang's suggestion, the two formed an offensive and defensive alliance.

In fact, Zhang Tongchang and Wen Qing also knew that it was impossible for them to hide this little trick from Li Jing.But the only reason why the two dared to do this was to be loyal to Li Jing. Under this premise, the two firmly believed that even if Li Jing knew about it, they would not do anything to them.

The judgment of the two people was correct, and Li Jing really didn't care about their petty actions.

In Li Jing's current position, in addition to caring about the country's political affairs, his main energy is to deal with the following interpersonal relationships. To put it bluntly, it is how to distribute power reasonably.

Li Jing is very clear that it is impossible for officials not to form a party. Since ancient times, as long as power is involved, there has been no party without a party. The key is how to balance power in all aspects so that they do not disturb the country because of power struggles. political situation.

In fact, there are now three factions in the imperial court. One is the upstart power group represented by Li Jing, which is called Xianglian by the people, and the other is the officials originally employed by Zhu Youjian represented by Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng, which is called by the people There is another faction of the royal family, which was originally called Qingliu and the officials elected from the Imperial Academy, Zhang Tongchang and Wen Qing belong to this faction, and the folks call it the new faction.

Among these three factions, the Xianglian faction is the strongest, controlling most of the military and political power, the imperial faction is next, and the new faction is the weakest, but the new faction has the fastest rising momentum. Most of the officials below the middle level of the cabinet are from the new faction.

The reason why the new line has the fastest rising momentum is Li Jing's deliberate intention, because in some respects, the new line and the imperial line have common interests, and they represent the original interest groups of officials and gentry.However, the ruling philosophy of the new faction is more inclined to Xianglian. If Li Jing suppresses the new faction too hard, the new faction will naturally turn to the royal family to fight against Xianglian.

But if the new line has a certain power, they will have to consider whether to fall to the imperial line.

Most of these people have been well-read in history books, and they are very familiar with the dangers of power struggles. They know that if they unite with the imperial family to pose a threat to the relatives, they will inevitably be violently counterattacked by Li Jing. will suffer the worst blow.And if the new department abides by its duties, then the court will remain stable under the current situation.

This kind of stable situation is what Li Jing wants, and Li Jing knows that the people in the Xinxi are different from organizations like Fushe.

People in the Fushe organization talk too much. Although they are all scholars, there are not many who actually pass the examination, let alone the Jinshi examination. Just because they fail the examination, they will complain that the stereotype selection is unreasonable.

Although Li Jing also believes that the stereotyped selection of scholars does bury talents, it does not mean that the stereotyped selection of scholars cannot select talents. Those famous officials since the Ming Dynasty, including Sanyang, Wang Shouren, Gao Gong, Xu Jie, and Zhang Juzheng, who did not write A master of stereotyped writing?

To be able to write beautiful words expressing the ambitions in one's heart under many restrictions is a real talent.To be more precise, it should be said that he is a talent for governing the world. If Da Ming did not have these people who often turn the tide at critical moments, he would have been dead for many years.

Of course, Li Jing also knew that there were still talented and unsatisfactory people in Fushe, but there were too few of them.Take the four sons of Jiangnan as an example, only Fang Yizhi can be regarded as a talent, and Li Jing doesn't bother to talk to them at all for the other three.

Because Fang Yizhi knows what knowledge is useful, while learning stereotyped essays, he is still working hard to learn various practical knowledge.Such a person, once he has a platform to play, he will apply what he has learned.

As for the other three young masters, they had no guts, courage, or knowledge. Apart from courting prostitutes, showing off their poems, and complaining a few words, Li Jing didn't know what else they would do.

And most of these people in the new department have obtained fame before, especially those in the Imperial Academy. If Li Jing Hengkong hadn't been born, this group of people would have made it to the top in a few years.

Fundamentally, they belonged to the group of promising people. Of course, Li Jing couldn't abandon them. Even if they had no ability, but with their solid literary skills, there was room for them in Daming.

At least Li Jing knew that Shen Zheng, Zhou Hengchen, Yang Liufeng, and Fang Fang were all selected from the Hanlin Academy.Even if they only help to transcribe documents, these people will have a good future in the future.As for some of them who are capable, they have a bright future.

In fact, Daming will ultimately be governed by these people, so Li Jing is absolutely unwilling to push them to the opposite of himself.

Zhang Tongchang and Wen Qing are undoubtedly the outstanding ones in the new department. Although their grades are not very high, their positions are extremely prominent, so the two are obviously the leaders of the new department now.

And Zhang Tongchang and Wen Qing also know where their power comes from. Without the big tree Li Jing, they are nothing, so they must remain loyal to Li Jing.

Similarly, it was precisely because Li Jing knew that they were loyal that he would praise them.Even if they are not the leaders of the new department, Li Jing will support them to become the leaders of the new department.

Li Jing just said that they are his right and left hands, which is actually a kind of support.

Seeing the happy faces of the two, Li Jing smiled and said: "You two have delicate thoughts. When I don't think about it and I don't think it through, it is also a kind of exercise for you two to fill in the gaps. Today I will give you two I have a question, you two go back and think about it, how to reorganize the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion? The reorganized Metropolitan Governor's Mansion must not only have unified powers, but also must have clear government orders and no overlapping of powers. The Ministry of the Navy I mentioned just now is a reminder for you two. "

"Marshal, Wansheng has a question that he would like to ask Marshal." Wen Qing said.

Li Jing smiled and said, "Tell me, what's the problem."

"The commander-in-chief said that the warship will be assigned to the Ministry of the Navy. Does he want to change the name of the original navy?" Wen Qing asked cautiously.

(End of this chapter)